Sad-iron.



L. ROSBNBAUM.

SAD IRON. APPLICATION FILED FEB.2, 1912.

' 1,073,171 Patented Sept. 16, 1913.

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LOUISROSENIBAUM, 91E NEW YORK, N. Y.

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s ecification of Letters Patent. I imm Sept, 16, 1913 Applicationfiieareb ar 2, i912. Serial No. 674,898.

' To all whom it mayoonoern:

Be it. known that I, LomsfRosENBAUr r, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing in the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, State ofNew York,haveinv'ented a certain new and useful Improvement in'SadIrons,

of which the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a parthereof, in which-- Figure 1 is arear elevational View ofya sad-iron embodying my invention; Fig. 2 1is alongitudinal sectional view on the line 22, Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a detailsectional view on-the line 3-3 Fig. 1; and Fig. 4: is a pers1: ectiveview of the rearward portion of said sad-iron and of the severalparts ofmy new door and door-fra1ne therefor disassembled.

This invention relates to a certain new and useful improvement insad-irons and more particularly to that class Of SfiCl-HOILS comprisinga hollow base or body portion,

usually a casting, open at its rear end and having a door for removablyclosing such open end.

Heretofore, so far as I am aware, *the open rear end of the base orbody-portion of the class of sad-irons to which myinvention particularlyrelateshas generally been removably closed'by means'of a door hingedlyor pivotally mounted on a pin'or pintle extending transversely"throughthe walls of, and across, the base orbody-portion of the sad-iron, suchpin or pintle having its ends upset and being thereby fixedly secured inoperative position in such base or body portion. It has been theexperience with such irons, however, that on either or both said pin orsaid door becomingbroken or damaged, and this has frequently occurred,the entire iron 'had to be discarded and replaced by a new one or thedamaged iron repaired at comparatively :great expenseand difficulty. a

The objects of my'inve'ntion are, therefore, broadly to provideasad-iron particu larly of the kind stated with a removable door anddoorframe, whereby, should either said door or said door -frame or partsthereof become broken or damaged, the same may be easily replaced andthe iron quickly repaired at slight expense; to provide a simple andefiioient means for removably holding said door and door-frame inoperative posit n on such sad-irons;

and to improve generally upon irons of the class mentioned.

with these objects in view, my present invention residesbroadly in thenovel construction, arrangement, and combinationof the severalpartsofn1y new sad-iron door and door-frame and in the novel arrangementand combinationof the same with a sad-iron, all as will hereinafter bedescribed and afterward pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters refer to like partsthroughout the several views, I haveshow'na particularstyle or kind ofsad-irons, known'in the trade as" ablower or compressed airand gasiron,adapted for .usewith, and with which I prefer to employ, my new door anddoor-frame, but it is to be understood that other styles "or kinds ofsad-irons could readily be adapted for use with my newdoor-and'door-frame and that my new door and door-frame could equallywell be employed with such other styles or kinds of sad-irons.

In said drawings, 1 indicates the base or body-portion of the sad-iron,said "base or bodyportion. being usually and as shown a hollow metalliccasting. At its forward end and in its top wall, said casting 1 isprovided with an opening through which a burner 2 is adapted to extendinto the interior of said casting 1, as shown particularly in Fig. 2.'Thisburner 2 comprises preferably a hollow cylindrical portion 3 havinga rounded lower end, as at 4, adapted to seat in a correspondinglyrounded recess in the bottom wall of the casting 1. A pipe or stem 5,adapted to be connected with any suitable source of gas and air supply,is threaded into, or otherwise suitably secured to, the upper end ofsaid hollow burner-portion 3, the said 'burner'portion 3 being provided,as is usual, with, a suitable opening to permit the escape or passagefrom said burner of mixed air and gas into the interior of casting 1. Onthe top wall of said casting 1 are provided a plurality of upstandingthreaded lugs 6, upon which is adapted to rest and be secured, as bymeans of screws or the like 7, a suitable handle-plate 8 provided with ahandle 9 preferably formed integrally therewith. The said burner 2 isalso provided with a flange lOhaving a tail-portion 10, said flange 10and its tail portion 10 being preferably formed integrally w1th saidhollow-portion 3 and being provided with an opening to receive, orpermit the passage therethrough of, said pipe or stem 5. This flange l0and its said tail-portion 10 have a thickness approximately equal to thedistance between the lower surface of said handle-plate 8 and the uppersurface of the top wall of casting 1, said tail-portion 10? beingadapted, as shown, to fit between said handle-plate 8 and the top Wallofcasting 1 so as to hold said burner in operative position in saidcasting 1. Said body-portion or casting 1 is also provided interiorlywith what is known as a fiamespreader 11 removably held in properposition in casting l as by means of a'screw or the like 12, as shownparticularly in Fig. 2.

The vertical rear wall of casting 1 is provided with a preferablyrectangular opening 13, the lower edge of which lies in a slightly lowerhorizontal plane than the top face or surface of the bottom wall ofcasting 1, as shown particularly in Figs. 2 and 4. A vertically-disposedrib 14 projects inwardly from each of the side walls of cast} ing 1 onthe interior thereof. These ribs 14 are arranged in casting 1 slightlyforwardly from or in front of, and have their inner faces flush with,the vertical side edges of said rectangular opening 13, these ribs 14with said side edges of said opening 13 forming or providing a slide orguide-way 15 for the door-frame 16, as shown clearly in Fig. 4. The topwall of easing 1 is cutaway, as at 17, see particularly Fig. 4,preferably flush with the outer faces of said ribs 14 to permit the easyinsertion into, or removal from, said guide-way 15 of said door-frame16.

The door-frame 16 is preferably in the form of a rectangular casting ofa size adapted to fit in said slide or guide-way 15 and comprising topand bottom cross members 18 and 19, respectively, and vertical sideconnecting members 20. Each of said side members 20 is provided withanoutwardly-extending flange or guide-portion 21- adapted to slidablyfit in said slide or guide-way 15, so as to maintain said doorframe 16firmly and neatly in proper position in said opening 13. 'The rear facesof said side members 20 are also preferably flush with the rear face ofsaid top cross member 18, and said faces are also, when said frame 16 isin position on the casting 1, adapted to ,be or lie flush with the rearface of the rear wall of casting 1, as shown particularly in Figs. 1 and2. It will also be seen, as shown particularly in Fig; 1, that said topcross member 18 is preferably of such size or length as to extendneatlyentirely across the top of casting 1 and completely cover the cut-outportion 17 in loosely and removably fit in and extend throughsuitableopenings24 and 25 in said frame-side members 20 and said door22, respectively, as shown particularly in Fig. 4. Each of saidframe-sidemembers 20 is preferably recessed or cut-away on its innerside face, as shown, to provide a vertically disposed ledge 26 againstwhich said door 22 is adapted torest or abut when in closed position inthe frame 16 and a shouldered portion 27 adapted to fit in andcoiiperate with a correspondingly cut-away or recessed;

portion, as at 28, of said door 22. Extending laterally through said topcross member 18 is an opening 29 adapted to receive and hold aframe-securing screw30, this screw 30 being adapted to be threadedthrough said opening and into a suitable alining horizontally-disposedopening 31 in a lug or the like 32 on the top wall of casting 1 when itisdesired to secure said frame 16 with its door 22 in proper operativeposition in casting 1, for it. will be seen that, when said screw 30 isin engagement with said lug 32, said frame 16 withits said door 22willtherebybe securely, but removably, held in proper operativeposition. I also preferably swingably or pivotally arrange on said screw30 a suitable latch 33 adapted, as shown particularly in Fig. 1, toreleasably hold said door 22 in closed position, said top member 18 offrame 16 being preferably provided, as shown, with a smallrearwardly-extending stud or pin 34 against which said latch 33 isadapted to rest when the same is swung or plvotally moved to permit saiddoor to open. It will thus be seen that said screw 30, not only servesto securely hold said frame 16 with its door 22 in proper position, butalso serves as a pivot for said latch 33. On its outer surface, saiddoor 22 is preferably provided with a suitable finger-piece, as at 35;and by'referring particularly to Fig. 2, it will be noted that thedistribution of weight in door 22 is such that it always tends to fallrearwardly automatically upon latch 33 being released, contact with thelower edge of said rectangular opening 13 retaining the said doorwhenopen in an approximately horizontally disposed position, so asnot tointerfere with the operation of the iron.

On assembling the several parts of my iron, the door 22 is first placedin position in frame 16, when said bolt 23 is passed through saidopenings 24 and 25, after which said frame 16 is slidably fitted in saidslide or guide-way 15 and said screw 30 threaded into engagement withsaid casting-lug 32. Door 22 may now be freely swung on its pivot-bolt23 longitudinally of body-portion 1 and opened or closed as required,being held in closed position by means of latch 33, as described; and itwill be observed that the side edges of said opening 13 in casting 1prevent displacement or removal of said pivot-bolt 28 when frame 16 isin operative position, whereby the use of securing-nuts or the like forsuch purpose is dispensed with. v

From the foregoing, it will be seen that the several parts of my newdoor and doorframe may be easily constructed and readily assembledtogether and arranged and secured in operative position, and that,should any part thereof become broken or in any way damaged, it ispractically only necessary to remove screw 30 from engagement with saidlug 32 to take out and replace the broken or damaged part.

I am aware that minor changes in the arrangement, construction, andcombination of the several parts of my new door and door-frame and inthe arrangement and combination of the same with a sad-iron might bemade and substituted for those herein shown and described withoutdeparting from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. A sad-iron comprising a hollow bodyportion open at one end, adoor-frame removably fitting in said body-portion at its open end, adoor hingedly mounted in said frame adapted to close the open end ofsaid body-portion, a screw adapted to engage with said frame and withsaid body-portion to removably secure said frame with its said door inproper operative position in said body-portion, and a latch swingable onsaid screw adapted to releasably engage with said door to hold the samein closed position; substantially as described.

2. In a sad-iron, a hollow b0dy-portion open at one end, an opensubstantially rectangular frame fitting in, and having its outer facesubstantially flush with the outer end face, of said body-portion, adoor fitting in said frame and adapted to close the open end of saidbody-portion, the outer face of said door being also, when said door isin closed position, substantially flush with the outer face of saidframe and end face of said body-portion, and a pivot-bolt for hingedlysupporting said door in said frame, said pivot-bolt extendinglongitudinally through the body of said door and engaging the sidemembers of said frame; substantially as described.

3. In a sad-iron, a hollow body-portion open at one end, a door-framefitting in said body-portion at its open end, a door removably fittingin said frame and adapted to close the open end of said body-portion,and a pivot-bolt for removably hingedly supporting said door in saidframe, said pivotbolt extending longitudinally through said doorandengaging the side members of said frame and being held in operativeposition by the side wall of said body-portion; substantially asdescribed.

4. A door-frame and door for sad-irons comprising a rectangular openframe having top and bottom cross members and sideconnecting members, adoor fittingwithin the area of said frame, the outer face of said door,when said door is in closed position, being substantially flush with theouter face of said frame, and a pivot-bolt extending through said doorand into the side-members of said frame, said pivot-bolt being adaptedto hingedly support said door in said frame and said side-members beingprovided with inwardly-projecting shouldered portions against which saiddoor is adapted to rest when in closed position; substantially asdescribed.

5. A sad-iron comprising a hollow bodyportion provided with an openingat one end and a vertically-disposed slide-way in its interior inproximity to said opening, the top wall of said body-portion beingcutaway above said slide-way, a door-frame slidably fitting in saidslide-way, a door fitting in said frame, and a pivot-bolt adapted tohingedly support said door in said frame, said pivot-bolt removablyengaging with said frame and said door and being held in posit-ion bythe wall of said body-portion; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS ROSENBAUM.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL RosENBAUM, JENNIE KRoJANsKY.

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